Saturday, December 27, 2008

Crafty

I guess I really am just that cheap, put I've been making my jewelry lately or having it made for me. I just think that the jewelry has gotten so boring (minus PYT, Disci Mori, and some other lovelies) and I just have no motivation or will to spend large amounts of money on jewelry (I would much rather buy clothes). I know I know " a diamond is forever" but a diamond doesn't add too much to an outfit besides status and predicitibility. The first necklace that has been on heavy heavy heavy rotation in my closet, is a triangle, plastic tube structure necklace that my boyfriend made,which he calls the Limon Tri's necklace. Its the first of its kind, and its more of a trial necklace than anything( he is now making metal versions, which I am still begging and pleading to get one). It brightens any outfit adding structure, its sort of like a supermodel- it could endure a burlap sack and still look fabulous. I normally just throw it over my H&M coat for an embellishment effect, and it looks wonderful layered into my chaotic messes of outfits. Here I put it with my tire track print Jeremy Scott shirt because it compliments the geometry and chaos. (Also with my Christmas present Fox headband, Banana Republic sweater, Richard Chai for Target Tank, and Mary Meyer drop crotch {deliciousness}) The second necklace is really a set of necklaces set a-turning my OBSESSION with ruffs. They were really just projects for fashion school. My crazy Textiles teacher thought it would be a great idea to make her students learn how to make felt ( a horribly tacky-tastic fabric that is made by taking raw wool and visciously agitating it with water, heat, soap, a plastic tube and some netting- its what people get upset about when they wash their precious wool jackets in the washer) After countless hours "getting at it" with the wool I made spent more countless hours making this ruff. It should be heavily noted that ruff making is not fun, and is a rather pedantic activity requiring concentration and a willingness to sacrifice fingers to needle stabs. The ruff is navy, creme, and black and is quite fun to wear. A ruff wearing beginner, I like to start simple with just my Gareth Pugh dress and Bernard Wilhelm for Linda Farrow sunglasses just to make sure its not costume central. Ruffs are quite lovely on and if high enough up, can frame the face nicely. The other ruff inspired piece is a scarf/breastpiece that was a LCD (light color and design) project. We had to choose a painting/sculpture and make a scarf out it. I chose a piece my Damien Hirst with a lamb suspended in formeldahyde- the clear fabric represents the glass, the leather and grosgrain white and black represent the lamb as well as the rawness and disturbing quality of the piece, and the white linen triangles represent the hard lines of the white container. It has such great volume that I just want it to be a stand out piece. My Jeremy Scott shirt does no wrong.The final necklace is an antler that I picked up at Evolution of New York ( this is a really amazing nature store, it has a real intense taxidermy collection on the second floor, its just a little pricy). I just tied three nylon bonded thick thread (its thread that is used for leather, I recycled it from the ruff scarf above) around it. When I put it with my fox tail, it has a raw nature effect is quite nice. I paired it with my House of Holland color changing dress, Erik Hart vest, American Apparel stirrup tights, and Jeffrey Campbell Pumps.